Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There are a lot of Canon using pros who are now using the Nikon 14-24 with an adapter. Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:29 AM, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3@uwm.edu> wrote: > On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 Tina Manley <images@comporium.net>wrote: > > >...Also, some Canon lenses are worse than others. The 16-35 zoom is > >absolutely awful. The 24/1.4 L is pretty bad. Wides are much worse > than longer lenses. > ============================================================ > Tell me about it! I hate that 16-35, but it's the widest lens the office > has, > so I grit my teeth when I have to use it, even stopped down. I miss using > fast > prime lenses on film where I could shoot even at f/2 and have good results. > We still have some fast Nikkor manual lenses and a Nikkor-EOS adapter, but > the Canon screen is so hard to use with them I can't get consistent > focus.(except for my > 35mm f/3.5 PC Nikkor, which seems to snap into focus easier, and is very > sharp). > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > UPAA POY 1978 > University Information Technology Services > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >